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Depths and Heights

           Cowperwoodmissedbyafraction,butdrovethefishshedidcatchintoherhands.

           "Oh,"sheexclaimed,jumpingup,"howwonderful!It’salive.Icaughtit."

           Shedancedupanddown,andCowperwood,standingbeforeher,wassoberedbyhercharm.Hefeltanimpulsetospeaktoherofhisaffection,totellherhowdeliciousshewastohim.

           "You,"hesaid,pausingoverthewordandgivingitspecialemphasis—"youaretheonlythingherethatiswonderfultome."

           Shelookedathimamoment,thelivefishinherextendedhands,hereyeskeyingtothesituation.Fortheleastfractionofamomentshewasuncertain,ashecouldsee,howtotakethis.Manymenhadbeenapproximativebefore.Itwascommontohavecomplimentspaidtoher.Butthiswasdifferent.Shesaidnothing,butfixedhimwithalookwhichsaidquiteplainly,"Youhadbetternotsayanythingmorejustnow,Ithink."Then,seeingthatheunderstood,thathismannersoftened,andthathewastroubled,shecrinkledhernosegailyandadded:"It’slikefairyland.IfeelasthoughIhadcaughtitoutofanotherworld."Cowperwoodunderstood.Thedirectapproachwasnotforuseinhercase;andyettherewassomething,acamaraderie,asympathywhichhefeltandwhichshefelt.Agirls’school,conventions,theneedofsociallyplacingherself,herconservativefriends,andtheirviewpointallwereworkinghere

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